Legal Niches

NPR Discussion on Violent Videogames

By pete_gallagher

NPR's Diane Rehm turned her focus to violent videogames yesterday in a radio show that featured California State Senator Leland Yee, Grand Theft Childhood co-author Dr. Cheryl Olson, the Entertainment Software Association's (ESA) Richard Taylor, Eugene Volokh, Professor of 1st Amendment Law at the UCLA Law School and researcher Craig Anderson from Iowa State University.

The nearly hour-long show began by discussing the Supreme Court's decision to review California's violent videogame law with Yee, before moving on to Anderson, who mentioned his recent research. Rehm then indicated that she watched 'a bit' of Grand Theft Auto in order to become familiar with the subject, before asking Taylor to explain how popular 'these games' are, who is playing them and what the effects are.
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on April 29, 2010 (boomark / email).